UPDATE: Janesville train derailment ends

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad employees respond to a derailment in the rail yard south of the Five Points intersection Friday afternoon. Several cars jumped the tracks while one that carried sand tipped onto its side.

JANESVILLE—Two west-side intersections were closed for about two hours Friday for a train derailment. The intersections reopened at 5:12 p.m.

The derailment occurred at 3:17 p.m. when a rail car carrying what appeared to be sand tipped onto its side in the rail yard south of the Five Points intersection.

Janesville police reported the intersection of West Court Street and Center Avenue, known as the Five Points, and the intersection at Academy Street and Centerway Avenue were closed.